NetPlay Cloud setup:

Each NetPlay Cloud account can be used to control either:

• A single NetPlay Home or NetPlay Pro system  (ie, one virtual matrix manager)
• Any number of IRUSB devices which are NOT tied to a NetPlay Home / Pro system
  • These devices do not need to be on the same LAN, just have internet connectivity

You can create a NetPlay Cloud account from either your NetPlay virtual matrix manager (NetPlay Cloud setup link), IRUSB Linux, or IRUSB Android

NetPlay Cloud config on virtual matrix manager OR IRUSB linux (below)

NetPlay Cloud config on IRUSB android app

Alexa setup:

 The Alexa skill to enable is "NetPlay".  When you enable the skill, it will ask you to sign in using your Amazon account.  Your Amazon account MUST use the SAME email address as your NetPlay Cloud account.

After linking your Amazon account, say "Alexa, discovery devices" to find your NetPlay / IRUSB devices.  If no devices are found double check that your devices say they are connected to NetPlay Cloud using the same email address.

The NetPlay skill uses the Smart Home interface (version 3), so natural voice commands can be used.  The ENDPOINT names are either the SINK names configured on your virtual matrix or the DEVICE names for IRUSB.  These names can be anything, but try to keep them simple so Alexa can understand.

MACRO names are configured on your virtual matrix.  Again, these names can be anything.  The macros themselves are standard NetPlay macros (Macro setup link on virtual matrix config page).

SRCNAME names are the names of your source configured on your virtual matrix.

Important:  You can also use the Alexa app to pair your ENDPOINTs to specific Alexa devices in each room.  Once you do this, you don't need to say the ENDPOINT in any commands in that room!

Here are some example control phrases to use:

Advanced Users

NetPlay Cloud uses Google Firebase authentication and real time database.  You can use any of the publically available Firebase integration libraries to connect to your NetPlay Account and control your devices.  Our NetPlay Cloud API document gives the details on how to connect.

We also provide examples using Python inside our Linux driver package for IRUSB.  These examples are also applicable to NetPlay Pro/Home.

NetPlayCloud_api.pdf

Linux IRUSB driver package

Cloud IR functionality:  

IR transmit (Cloud to IR emit to device): 

• All IRTX commands are sent to either the virtual matrix device or a IRUSB platform (with connected IRUSB devices)
  • When sending to virtual matrix, append XXX (3 digit decimal SINK or SOURCE number) to specify which virtual matrix source or sink to route to
  • When sending to IRUSB, add " id=########" with # being the device ID (devid) of the IRUSB device to route to.  If "id" is not present, it will send to ALL IRUSBs attached to the platform
• Any proto hex format code can be send directly using the QSIRPULSE or QDIRPULSE command
• Saved TX codes can be sent by number using QSIRCODEyy or QDIRCODEyy   (yy is 2 digit decimal code index)
• Saved TX codes can be sent by name using QSIRNCODE NAME

Notes:  Alexa skill, NetPlay Mobile, and NetPlay TV gui use the saved TX codes (configuration needed if using these services).   Other drivers send hex codes and thus do not need saved TX code configuration.

IR receive (IR capture to cloud): 

• Only IRUSB devices will send captured codes to NetPlay Cloud  (virtual matrix systems will route captured IR from zones to the selected sources, ie IR forwarding)
• Only saved RX codes will be sent to NetPlay Cloud
• The command will go the RX database node of the IRUSB platform device
• RX code format is "QSIRNCODE NAME" with NAME being the detected saved RX code

Notes:  No services/drivers currently use saved RX codes.